Experience Sicily

Category: Travel Tips and Ideas

  • A Different Kind of Feast for the Eyes

    My highlight of today’s adventures in Palermo, in terms of sightseeing, was a visit to the private museum, Stanze al Genio, a collection of majolica ceramic floor tiles focused on designs from Naples and Sicily created from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Housed in the 17th-century Palazzo…

  • For Us and the Birds

    Today was a productive day filled with visits to museums and hotels. Checking out all the spots for Experience Sicily clients! My cousin Giulia was a fantastic Palermitana guide and my cousins Anna and Franca treated me to dinner at a very popular tratorria packed with locals. When I had a few minutes on my…

  • Before and For Dinner: Sicilian Hospitality

    I arrived in Palermo this afternoon just in time for the sun to go down… a bummer when for me it was like 11:00 a.m.; however, the evening was saved by my cousin Massimo’s hospitality (Check out his apartment on Air B&B, “da Max” in Palermo, that’s where I’m staying! A beautiful apartment.) and my…

  • Come Away with Me

    When traveling to Sicily from New York, often (for sure during winter months) you have to stop somewhere else to get to Palermo’s or Catania’s airport. For example, I’ve just boarded my flight to Palermo by way of Rome! So, yes… I’ll be live blogging from the island of the sun for the next 9…

  • Sit Back and Enjoy the Ride

    As you travel between Modica, Scicli, and Ragusa in south eastern Sicily, take note of the wheat fields and the long, man-made stone walls.

  • High Tech Vintage

    Once wine grapes are harvested and pressed, the juice is brought here to begin the fermentation process. Today, wine making is very high tech. The wood barrels are still important, but they come later. First, however, stainless steel, temperature controlled, light controlled, and closely monitored containers create the liquid that becomes the wine we love.…

  • Say Cheese

    New friends who my client Anthony and I met in the piazza in Marineo, Provincia di Palermo, the town from where Anthony’s father emigrated to the U.S. In the early 20th century. These gentlemen helped us locate Anthony’s distant cousin who lives down the street from the piazza.

  • Take It Home. Fry It Up.

    I love when guests from our Experience Sicily tours take Sicily home with them and extend their trips with reading more about the culture, listening to the music, watching classic films set on the island, and cooking the cuisine for months after they return. That’s what we set out to do! Tonight I had the…

  • The Castle from Far Away

    The fortress or castle (of yesterday’s post) of the fishing and tourist port of Castellammare del Golfo photographed from the overlook on Strada Statale 187 (State Road 187). I never take for granted when I go to this overlook! I always take a photo, no matter how many I’ve taken in the past.